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The missing critical mineral underpinning Canada’s entire defence and industrial strategy

  • Canada cannot meet its defence and industrial goals without securing the critical steelmaking input: metallurgical coal.
Opinion | BY W. BRETT WILSON | February 25, 2026
Tim Hodgson
Tim Hodgson
In October 2025, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said the federal government would use the Defence Production Act to safeguard critical minerals vital to Canada’s economic and national security interests, but something is missing from the list, writes W. Brett Wilson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The missing critical mineral underpinning Canada’s entire defence and industrial strategy

Opinion | BY W. BRETT WILSON | February 25, 2026
  • Canada cannot meet its defence and industrial goals without securing the critical steelmaking input: metallurgical coal.

The missing critical mineral underpinning Canada’s entire defence and industrial strategy

Opinion | BY W. BRETT WILSON | February 25, 2026
  • Canada cannot meet its defence and industrial goals without securing the critical steelmaking input: metallurgical coal.
Tim Hodgson
In October 2025, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said the federal government would use the Defence Production Act to safeguard critical minerals vital to Canada’s economic and national security interests, but something is missing from the list, writes W. Brett Wilson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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